Back At It: Strength Phase

It’s been a slow start for training this year. This year’s early start to winter and consistent snow storms have postponed our annual training timeline for climbing. Powder turns have bee...

The Crux is Always at the Start

I’ve always had a hard time starting big projects; whether it was a daunting school assignment or a lingering item on the “to-do” list, I procrastinate the big stuff. The brief satis...

Robyn’s RCTM 2015

As we embark on a new month, colder temperatures and another season of skiing, I can’t help but reflect on my training over the past year. Ethan nailed it when he said, ‘2015 was our most ambitiou...

Ethan’s RCTM 2015

The skis are waxed, the air is cold and in this part of Idaho it’s hard to keep climbing with any regularity through December and January. There have been times when I was absolutely defiant to ...

God Loves Creamy Salmon

Yeah the title may sound a bit weird but close your eyes and think real hard about what I am likely to write about. If you thought “climbing and camping” you are correct!! This time we hea...

RCTM Season Two: Wrapping Up and Looking Ahead

Our summer is winding down and another fifteen weeks has passed in our training. Our second season of training flew by and, though difficult to believe, we just completed our first three hangboard ses...

RCTM Season Two: Steady Progress

It’s hard to say whether a training cycle was a “success” or not because there are so many factors to consider. If all I needed to do was get up, eat well and train for climbing, the...

RCTM: Robyn’s Season 1 Wrap-Up

For fifteen weeks, we’ve committed to and trained diligently for climbing. We’ve utilized the Rock Prodigy Training Manual to the best of our abilities and with genuine intentions. I can&#...

RCTM: Ethan’s Season 1 Wrap-Up

Hard to believe we are already finishing out the first season of our training. The training we are doing will break the year into three seasons: spring, summer and fall. Each season is roughly 15-17 ...

RCTM: Week 13, Performance Phase!

We made it! The next three weeks are officially the first performance peak phase of our cyclic training program for climbing! Hard to believe we have been at it for 3 months already but here we are &#...